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- w-_ . uni-mil, a" r ' ' 'd = .. trio" But iirrrGiii; General had not hesitated I m. to touchcn it, and even go so far as to charge 'l e of a person outside the house, and not there to , tirely defend himself, with the crime ot swindiing. q then Now, if no other gentleman would undertake 'rJl's) t the to say so, he Wr. Clarke) would undertake, . on. in behalf of Mr. Hammond. to deny mud r', he repudiate that statement. There was nothing ' was wha'ever in the pointed evidence laid before last the house to show that the man had been ill mo. guilty of swindling. . the Ir. BLAKE rose to point out that the d in result ot the alteration in the clause acceded that to by the aAlt',i'"ge,ttl, was, that any at. , r tnt, tsmptto some t existing case, to which [i had so much allusion had been made, was d that obviated. All Registrars appointed up to r ' li this time, and these to be appointed, would ... be placed on the same footing. The merits . the or merits of the particular case to which w" allusiou had been made, were not at that ', to moment material. In " humble judgment that the facts disclosed in the papers before the lid" House were such as to justify the Goveru- - der. meet in removing an tifiaér who by the tarmt l ture of his patent held tsffittts during pleasure. ' l ttittt These offioem, - one of whom an t g that cepted commissions to hold oirioe, during in. pleasure, should undoubtedly be put t. under the power of the Government who would be responsible for the act, if any such offioer were wrongly dismissed, " and were responsible to the country if he It were wrongly retained in snob ofriao. There 0' was not, in his opinion, the slightest danger £15 . of their exercising such a power rashly. hastily, capriciously or wrongly. They had ' " not done so in the past. On the contrary, ot l . hemade boldtc say, without desiring to be , the make charges against any public "hir.-.. in and he said it with "htot--there were fi "I men new holding public tirio" in the coun- to ths try. who, it past Governments had discharg- to d. ed their duty, would have been removed of Its long ago ;and concerning whom the present 'dd line Government would not discharge its duty td "I. if it did not speedily remove them from I thu tririoa. Ills opinion was. that every Registrsr t, 0011' in the land, by whatever tenure holding y its cdIioo, should be put on the same footing as '. ' tdfioe those hereafter to be appointed, and that all ti good public offioera should be in the same category . . W his in relation to their retention of tfliae He "t M30? felt persuaded that no Regiotar, conscious of then being " all able to faithfully discharge the - ttts on duties of the omen-whether he held tuuffioe h . tain during good behaviour or Lot-tated complain IU. if a Responsible Government got the nowor w an to d smiss him when he did wrong. (Hear). b, . lot He(Mr. Blake) hoped the lira. member for " Grenville would not press his amendment by The clause, as the Attorney-General proposed ' if it should now stand, would not interfere , ot with the rights of Mr. Hammond, except 0 that it would give the power to dismiss him . t hereafter; and he did net see why Mr. 0 Hammond should be exemp'ed from a rule [itil, ' which would apply to all other Registrars , . On the other hand, it Mr. Hammond'n claim a or the verdict in his favour should be sue - tained by the Courts, it would be a question " a it it would not be the duty of the Govern- = gtNrrtt.-..hs, didiot mean this Govern--. , d to indemnify t e man who had been de facto e of Registrar. The honour of the Crown would i t require such a course. At present the a T in CountyofBrnce was placed in amcetem- d barrassing position, in which it should not " d to to remain much longer. Whoever was Regis- ' trar, the registrations should be legalized, am rich, ntry and he hoped the next session would not Or as . terminate without an Act being passed with L .. ttrar that view, it the matter should not then int "I. have been otherwise finally disposed ct. 0 m In reply to an observation by Mr. Pardee,' ' E w" (for. J. & MCDONALD said thstso long "I the'd a: he (Kr. McDonald) held the position he " , 5 d'd. he could not any that any person guilty (lk" I" of the crime referred to, shocli hold " tffhfe «W :52 ot tmet under this Government. , _ l on Dr. McGlLL approved of $lh propoaition t for that Registrars should hold rffitte during New tt are sure, although he regretted that it should have " 1; rice come before the house complicated by its l. L, s in connection with a perticulsr case. m hoped " to the Attorney-General would exercise the v l he same "pleasure " as he had exercised in Mr, l - u. Hammond's csse,in some localities down out. , '33, re Many localities were new suffering because E . Governments had not had the courage to do a their duty. r, Tt, Mr. SHAW said the amendment offered h p l by the Atttrrnorthmerat, in a large measure, or am the Objections which he (It. a) had ls = t entertained to the clause. Ho did not with, r . ll founded the future, that any Registrar, - . 'uhwgh now a litigant, ehnnld be put on n th . ' different (doting from other Ri'gieirare. As oi), the "Gander of tho amendment moved by the p, it hon. number foe Grenville, he hoped his . hon. friend would withdraw it. if: l Mr. CLARKE stated his willie Loss to , withdraw the amendment. He mgr: say. u! - WWW". that he expected the Government , would not avail themselves of the advantage tt "tt thon try this Act to far an the Reple- ll"!!- ot Bruce was concerned, He would tl'),',',',",,,',',':,",??,?:,' strictly accountable for In their hands. Powers which thle Act placed BOD. Mr. WOOD..." ' td that the, 'iilfrci'illn1lft h2attt, I "ct.tttt,"1'i With the Goverzment. " on. ltr. CAME-LON be ed to make a tua 'a remarks before the 1il1',,2',,et was and w thdrawn. m said that . gtuttiarn qrit le, " "mm" "d" the meat :31 tt gem t ' c srisg that he held efhce during pleasure. y ' L